I was born in South Dakota where my Mother taught school on the Rosebud Reservation (Lakota Sioux Indians) in a one-room schoolhouse. We moved to Oregon when I was a small child. I grew up in Portland and was a member of the Oregon Society of Artists and exhibited paintings there and at business and other special events. I worked at Tektronix for seven and a half years and started and supervised a small Graphic Arts Support Group in the Field Engineer Training dept in Marketing.

In 1966 I moved to California and began working for Lockheed as a electrical/mechanical design engineer and in my spare time I began studying welding, sculpting, investment casting, jewelry making (both fabricated and cast) and studied ceramics both slab and wheel. In 1990 I retired early and began exhibiting at Art and Wine Festivals in California and Nevada. I exhibited at shows in the San Francisco Bay area, Monterey Bay area and Nevada. I sold painted silks (scarves, garments and yardage for doll makers) and designed and sold quilts and other sculpted fabric items including dolls. I later joined the "Flying Phoebes Doll Club" and over a period of years I branched out into "one of a kind" sculpted clothed character dolls of polymer and air-drying clays. I made all of their clothing and props and used my hand dyed silks for embellishments.

I began studying more sculpting from the human form in 1997 through the "Palo Alto Art League" in an effort to hone my skills in anatomy and I have completed quite a few pieces from live models most of which have been exhibited. I moved back to Oregon in August of 1999 and am currently residing in Hillsboro, Oregon.

I joined the Pacific Northwest Sculptors group in the fall of 2002 and have become an active exhibiting member. I served two years on the Board of Directors, and was member of the Finance Committee and presently I am the Chair of the Events Committee.

Beginning in the spring of 2003 I began attending a foundry class studying bronze casting and studied this process for three semesters. I have also been working with "Oregon Carving Stone" and casting/pouring finished pieces with "Hydra-stone" and Bronze.

PRESENT 2009

I joined the Oregon Potters Association (in 2008) and will be exhibiting with them April 24-26, 2009. Check out my work in the Oregon Potters photo gallery.

I am working mostly with water based clays, making my own stamps for the clays and prints and making abstract organic shapes with carvings and textural interes. I incorporate symbolism from Native Americans and cave paintings plus many pieces with an Asian Influence.

I am also Painting in acrylics. I started my art career painting and am very happy generating some recent paintings for the first time in many years.

Please visit my Exhibitions page.